"A literary artist is at work here, and a scholar, too. With swift deft strokes, Dr. Grant's pen gives us a dozen vivid chapters on St. Mark's gospel, how he believes it came to be, and what he thinks its teach ing is." The Chicago Lutheran Seminary Record

"It is not saying too much to express the thought that no real student of New Testament literature can afford to neglect this important book." The Chris-tian Advocate

"His book is not alone a serious contribution to the scholarly investigation of the earliest Gospel, but also an invaluable aid to the less learned inquirer. to the teacher or preacher who is in duty bound to interpret the classic documents of the Christian faith with understanding and devotion." Journal of Bib lical Literature